Before Christian Braun could be NBA starter, he had to get kicked out of a gym by his mom

Before Christian Braun could be NBA starter, he had to get kicked out of a gym by his mom

Christian Braun was in basketball jail. The family pickup truck was his cell. The remainder of the game was his sentence. Embarrassed in a lonely parking lot, he waited for his friends and his mom to leave the gymnasium. At the time, it was a nightmare he couldn’t wait to forget. Over the years, it became a formative memory worth telling other coaches. Braun’s road to his third opening day in the NBA has been characterized by winning. Almost ent…